Disposable ash tray



June 18, 1957 v. WAGNER 2,796,21!

DISPOSABLE ASH TRAY mad Nov..8,- 195s IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

- Vz'c'jor Wagner, v

DISPOSABLE ASH TRAY Victor Wagner, Buffalo, N. Y., assignor to VictorWagner & Son, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y.

Application November 8, 1956, Serial No. 621,143

6 Claims. (Cl. 229-335) This invention relates to disposable ash traysand particularly to an ash tray which may readily be set up for use froma flat blank of paper or cardboard having a surface layer or laminationof metallic foil or other fireproof or fire resistant material.

Disposable ash trays have previously been proposed but the ash tray ofthe present invention presents a number of novel structural advantages,both from the standpoint of economy of manufacture and facility andeffectiveness of use, which renders the same practically useful andadvantageous. The ash tray of the present invention is formed from afiat blank of cardboard or similar material having adhered to onesurface thereof a thin sheet of metal foil or other fire resistantmaterial. Paper or cardboard stock having such a metal foil facing iscommercially available.

The disposable ash tray of the present invention is of frusto-pyramidalform and is therefore highly stable against tipping-and presentsobliqueside surfaces which are particularly effective for receiving advertisingmatter or decorative printing of various kinds. Furthermore, theconstruction of the ash tray is such that the bottom surface of theset-up ash tray is spaced from the supporting surface. This is animportant advantage since the construction material of the ash tray,while fire resistant, is relatively thin and apt to transmit harmfulheat therethrough to a finished surface or the like upon which the ashtray may rest.

A further advantage of the present ash tray resides in the fact thatcertain gluing steps in the fabrication may be completed with thepartially fabricated ash tray still in fiat form for shipment andhandling, so that the ultimate setting-up of the ash tray isaccomplished with no further gluing and still provides a very rigid andsubstantial ash tray, despite its inexpensive and disposable nature.

Various other objects and advantages of the disposable ash tray of thepresent invention will appear to those skilled in the paper manufacturearts from a consideration of the form of ash tray illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and described in detail in the followingspecification. However, it is to be understood that the ash tray thusset forth is by way of example only and that various variations andmodifications may be effected without departing from the principles ofthe invention, the scope of the invention being limited only as definedin the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a representation of a flat blank of one form of the ash trayof the present invention, the side illustrated being the bottom side ofthe blank;

Fig. 2 shows the blank of Fig. 1 with a gluing and folding step effectedbut with the blank still in fiat condition, the side shown in Fig. 2being the upper side or the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the partially fabricated structureof Fig. 2;

nite States Patent Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but with thestructure in a state of partial setting-up or assembly;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the fully set-up ash tray; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale takenon the line VIVI of Fig. 5.

Like characters of reference denote like parts throughout the severalfigures of the drawing and reference will first be had to the blankillustrated in Fig. 1. As there shown the blank is illustrated with itsfoil coated side down and the paper side, which becomes the bottom ofthe set-up ash tray, uppermost. The blank of Fig. 1 comprises a centralpanel 10 which ultimately forms the bottom of the ash tray and panel 10has inner and outer side flaps 11 and 12, respectively, at its oppositemargins. The

outer side flaps 12 are provided at their opposite ends with obliquelyextending tabs 13 which cooperate in the settingup and securement of theend structure of the ash tray as will presently appear.

Each end of the central panel 10 is provided with a series of threeflaps designated 17, 18 and 19, the flaps being numbered consecutivelyfrom the panel 10 outwardly. All of the several flaps and tabs thusdescribed are connected to the central panel 10 or to each other byscore lines, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Elongated notches orperforations 20 are formed in the blank straddling the score lineconnecting the flaps 17 and 18 to provide a cigarette receiving notch inthe set-up ash tray.

A. gluing step and a partial folding of the blank may be effected at thefactory, the thus partially fabricated ash tray being still in flatcondition for easy shipment and handling. This first assembly stepcomprises applying glue to the underside of flap 11 (the side which isuppermost in Fig. 1) and folding the flaps 11 and 12 in accordionpleated fashion to the condition illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. Thus theentire glued surface of flap 11 is adhered to the underside of the outerflap 12 while the flap 11 overlies central panel 10 but is notadhesively secured thereto.

When it is desired to erect or set up an ash tray for use one of theglued and partially folded blanks in the condition illustrated in Figs.2 and 3 is first manipulated to place its side flaps, that is thesecured flaps 11 and 12, in an oblique position by hinging the sameabout the score line connecting the flaps 11 with central panel 10. vThis hinging position is shown in Fig. 4 and in detail at the right-handside of Fig. 6. The tabs 13 are then moved apart so that the entire endflap structure 17, 18, 19 may be hinged upwardly and inwardly asillustrated at the bottom of Fig. 4 at which time the end flap structure17, 18, 19 extends somewhat vertically from central panel 10. The tabs13 are then hinged inwardly across the end of the device as shown at thebottom of Fig. 4 to lie against the end or paper side of the first endflap 17. The second end flap 18 is then bent downwardly across tabs 13and the outer end flap 19 is then partially curled by means of theintermediate score lines 25 which permits the outer edge portion of flap19 to be inserted between the tabs 13 and the adjacent surface of flap17 as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 6. This insertion of flap 19between the tabs 13 and flap 17 completes the setting up of the ash trayand insures the retention of the sides thereof at the desired obliqueangle, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6, such angle being determined bythe angular disposition of the tabs 13 with respect to flaps 12 and alsoby the angle at which the ends of the various fiaps are cut in the blankas shown in Fig. 1.

I claim:

1. A disposable ash tray of frusto-pyramidal form comprising arectangular bottom Wall and side wall means at each edge of saidrectangular bottom wall, each side wall means comprising a panel portionbent upwardly and inwardly from each edge of said bottom wall and anouter wall panel return bent downwardly from the upper edge of eachupwardly and inwardly bent panel portion to lie against the latter in adownwardly divergent plane and extending below each of said upwardly andinwardly bent panel portions to space the bottom wall above the surfaceupon which the ash tray rests.

2. A disposable ash tray of frusto-pyramidal form comprising arectangular bottom wall and side wall means at each edge of saidrectangular bottom wall, each side wall means comprising a panel portionbent upwardly and inwardly from each edge of said bottom wall and anouter wall panel return bent downwardly from the upper edge of eachupwardly and inwardly bent panel portion to lie against the latter in adownwardly divergent plane and extending below each of said upwardly andinwardly bent panel portions to space the bottom wall above the surfaceupon which the ash tray rests, and tabs extending from the ends of anopposed pair of said outer wall panels and disposed between the upwardlyand inwardly bent panel portions and the return bent outer wall panelsof the remaining two side wall means.

3. A disposable ash tray of frusto-pyramidal form comprising arectangular bottom wall and side wall means at each edge of saidrectangular bottom wall, each side wall means comprising a panel portionbent upwardly and inwardly from each edge of said bottom wall and anouter wall panel return bent downwardly from the upper edge of eachupwardly and inwardly bent panel portion to lie against the latter in adownwardly divergent plane and extending below each of said upwardly andinwardly bent panel portions to space the bottom wall above the surfaceupon which the ash tray rests, an opposed pair of said side wall meanshaving their upwardly and inwardly bent panel portions and the returnbent outer wall panels adhesively secured in face to face contact, andtabs extending from the ends of said opposed pair of outer wall panelsand disposed between the upwardly and inwardly bent panel portions andthe return bent outer wall panels of the remaining two side wall means.

4. A disposable ash tray comprising a sheet of paper like materialhaving at one of its surfaces a facing of metallic foil, said ash traybeing of frusto-pyramidal form and comprising a rectangular bottom walland side wall means at each edge of said rectangular bottom wall, eachside wall means comprising a panel portion bent upwardly and inwardlyfrom each edge of said bottom wall and an outer wall panel return bentdownwardly from the upper edge of each upwardly and inwardly bent panelportion to lie against the latter in a downwardly divergent plane andextending below each of said upwardly and inwardly bent panel portionsto space the bottom wall above the surface upon which the ash trayrests, said sheet of material being arranged so that the foil facedsurface is uppermost in the finished ash tray.

5. A disposable ash tray formed from a flat blank of flexible materialhaving a central rectangular bottom forming panel, a panel portion alongeach edge of said bottom forming panel and connected thereto by a scoreline, a side Wall forming portion of greater width than said panelportions and connected to the outer edge of each panel portion by ascore line, end flaps connected to the outer edge of two opposite sidewall forming portions by score lines, and oblique flaps extending fromeach end of each of the remaining two side wall forming portions andconnected thereto by score lines, said-ash tray having the panelportions bent upwardly and inwardly and said side wall portions beingreturn bent across the outer faces of the panel portions, said obliqueflaps being disposed between said two opposite side wall portions, andtheir connected panel portions and said end flaps being inwardly returnbent and extending between said two 7 opposite side wall formingportions and their connected panel portions.

6. A disposable ash tray formed from a flat blank of flexible materialhaving a central rectangular bottom forming portion, a panel portionalong each edge of said bottom forming portion and connected thereto bya score line, a side wall forming portion of greater width than saidpanel portions and connected to the outer edge of each panel portion bya score line, end flaps connected to the outer edge of two opposite sidewall forming portions by score lines, and oblique flaps extending fromeach end of each of the remaining two side wall forming portions andconnected thereto by score lines, said ash tray having the panelportions thereof bent upwardly and inwardly and said side wall portionsbeing return bent across the outer faces of the panel portions, saidoblique flaps being disposed between said two opposite side wallportions, and their connected panel portions and said end flaps beinginwardly return bent and extending between said two opposite side wallforming portions and their connected panel portions, the abutting facesof said remaining two side walls and their connected panel portionsbeing adhesively secured to each other.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,623,682 Candell Dec. 30, 1952

